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(1609-1672) Studied painting under his uncle John Hoskins and later emerged as the greatest English miniaturist of the seventeenth century.

Samuel Cooper

(1609-1672) Studied painting under his uncle John Hoskins and later emerged as the greatest English…

King is shown a painting.

King

King is shown a painting.

Zechariah.

Michelangelo

Zechariah.

Artistic technique in which the object is shortened in proportion to its approach to the perpendicular to the plane of the picture.

Foreshortening

Artistic technique in which the object is shortened in proportion to its approach to the perpendicular…

Bed and table at Pompeii (from wall painting).

Bed and Table

Bed and table at Pompeii (from wall painting).

Romanesque mural painting, Swedish.

Band Motif

Romanesque mural painting, Swedish.

Romanesque glass painting, church of S. Urban, Troyes.

Band Motif

Romanesque glass painting, church of S. Urban, Troyes.

Romanesque glass painting, Bourges Cathedral.

Tessellation

Romanesque glass painting, Bourges Cathedral.

"George Washington, after a painting by Gilbert Stuart. (The Gibbs Portrait.)"—E. Benjamin Andrews, 1895

George Washington

"George Washington, after a painting by Gilbert Stuart. (The Gibbs Portrait.)"—E. Benjamin Andrews,…

"View of the Camp Ground. This is from a painting by Tice, in my possession. The land on which the encampment on the west side of the meadow was, in now owned chiefly by Gilbert Tompkins and Nathaniel Moore. This view is from the land of Mr. Tompkins, looking east-southeast. On the slopes seen in the foreground, and on the margine of the meadow beyond Van Cortlandt's New York regiment, and the Maryland and Virginia troops were encamped. On the east side of the meadow, upon the most distant elevation in the middle ground, the New England troops were stationed. On the slope toward the right o that elevation stood the <em>Temple</em>. In the distance is seen the upper entrance of the Hudston into the Highlands. The meadow was formerly called Beayer Dam Swamp, from the circumstance that beavers constructed dams at the lower extremity, causing the waters to overflow the low grounds."&mdash;Lossing, 1851

Camp Ground

"View of the Camp Ground. This is from a painting by Tice, in my possession. The land on which the encampment…

"A Fresco is a kind of painting performed on fresh plaster, or on a wall covered with mortar not quite dry, and with water colors. The plaster is only to be laid on as the painting proceeds, no more being done at once than the painter can dispatch in a day. The colors, being prepared with water, and applied over plaster quite fresh, become incorporated with the plaster, and retain their beauty for a great length of time."&mdash;(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Fresco Ceiling

"A Fresco is a kind of painting performed on fresh plaster, or on a wall covered with mortar not quite…

"This picture is based upon a photograph of a painting exhibited many years ago in the Paris Salon. It represents the crowning experiement of Dr. Edward Jenner, a famous English physician and the discoverer of vaccination. This experiment was performed on a boy who Jenner innoculated with matter taken from the hand of a milkmaid who had been directly infected by the cow. This was on the 14th of May, 1796, more than a century ago." &mdash; Blaisedell, 1904

The First Vaccination

"This picture is based upon a photograph of a painting exhibited many years ago in the Paris Salon.…

"This picture is based upon a photograph of a painting which has won great fame during recent years. The artist has represented Pasteur, the celebrated scientist, busily at work in his laboratory, recording the results of his microscopal study of bacteria. As the great master of modern science rests for a moment from his midnight researches, he appears to see in a vision the victims of pestilence, famine, and infectious diseases imploring relief from the good angel who symbolizes the wonderful victories won by Pasteur in combating disease." — Blaisedell, 1904

Louis Pasteur

"This picture is based upon a photograph of a painting which has won great fame during recent years.…

"Thesus and the Minotaur. (From a vase-painting in the Vatican Museum.) &mdash; The Delphian Society, 1913

Thesus and the Minotaur

"Thesus and the Minotaur. (From a vase-painting in the Vatican Museum.) — The Delphian Society,…

"Cadmus and the Dragon. (From a vase-painting at Naples.)" &mdash; The Delphian Society, 1913

Cadmus and the Dragon

"Cadmus and the Dragon. (From a vase-painting at Naples.)" — The Delphian Society, 1913

"Greek school - from a vase painting." &mdash; The Delphian Society, 1913

Greek school

"Greek school - from a vase painting." — The Delphian Society, 1913

"A Sacrifice. (From a vase-painting by Polygnotus.)"

Sacrifice

"A Sacrifice. (From a vase-painting by Polygnotus.)"

"The cut represents a painting from a wall at Pompeii, the subject of which is the sacrifice of Iphigenia, and which probably was copied in some degree from the famous painting of Timanthes. Calchas stands near the altar, holding the sacrificial knife; Diomede and Ulysses have Iphigenia in their grasp, and are about to place her on the altar; Agamemnon turns away his head enveloped in the folds of his mantle, while Diana is seen in the air, causing a nymph to bring her the hind that is to be substituted for the maiden." &mdash; Anthon, 1891

Sacrifice of Iphigenia

"The cut represents a painting from a wall at Pompeii, the subject of which is the sacrifice of Iphigenia,…

"A vessel of any material, round and plain, and having a wide mouth: a pot; a jar. The following woodcut is taken from a vase in the British Museum which was found at Canino in Etruria. The painting upon it represents the story of Medea boiling an old ram wih a view to persuade the daughters of Pelias to put him to death. The pot has a round bottom, and is supported by a tripod, under which is a large fire. the ram, restored to youth, is just in the act of leaping out of the pot. instead of being supported by a seperate tripod, the vessel was sometimes made with the feet all in one piece." &mdash; Smith, 1873

Olla

"A vessel of any material, round and plain, and having a wide mouth: a pot; a jar. The following woodcut…

"A quiver, was principally made of hide or leather, and was adorned with gold, painting, and braiding. it had a lid, and was suspended from the right shoulder by a belt passing over the breast and behind the back. Its most common position was on the left hip, and is so seen in the annexed figures, the right-hand one representing an Amazon, and the left-hand an Asiatic archer." &mdash; Smith, 1873

Phaetra

"A quiver, was principally made of hide or leather, and was adorned with gold, painting, and braiding.…

"A caul or coif of network for covering the hair, worn by women during the day as well as the night. it appears to have been sometimes made of gold threads, and likewise of silk and other materials. This kind of covering for the head was very ancient, for it is mentioned by Homer; and it also appears to have been very commonly used in later times. it is seen on the head of the nymph in the following cut, taken from a painting found at Pompeii, which represents a nymph approaching Neptune." — Smith, 1873

Reticulum

"A caul or coif of network for covering the hair, worn by women during the day as well as the night.…

A painter, painting a picture.

Painter

A painter, painting a picture.

A bear, painting

Bear

A bear, painting

"Talus. The huckle-bones of sheep and goats were used to play with from the earliest times, principally by women and children, occasionally by old men. The following cut, taken from an ancient painting, represents a woman, who, having thrown the bones upwards into the air, has caught three of them on the back of her hand. When the sides of the bone were marked with different values, the game became one of chance. The two ends were left blank, because the bone could not rest upon either of them on account of its curvature. The four remaining sides were marked with numbers 1, 3, 4, 5; 1 and 6 being on two opposite sides, and 3 and 4 on the other two opposite sides. Two persons played together at this game, using four bones, which they threw up into the air, or emptied out of a dice-box, and observing the numbers on the uppermost sides. " &mdash Smith; 1873

Talus

"Talus. The huckle-bones of sheep and goats were used to play with from the earliest times, principally…

"Turibulum, a censer. The Greeks and Romans, when they sacrificed, commonly took a little frankincense out of the acerra, and let it fall upon the flaming altar. More rarely they used a censer, by means of which they burned the incense in greater profusion, and which was in fact a small moveable grate or foculus. he following wood-cut, taken from an ancient painting, shows the performance of both of these acts at the same time." &mdash Smith; 1873

Turibulum

"Turibulum, a censer. The Greeks and Romans, when they sacrificed, commonly took a little frankincense…

Famous author and poet.

John Ruskin

Famous author and poet.

"The hunting scenes are very numerous among their paintings, and the devices for capturing birds and beasts seem to have been as vaarious as they are in modern times." — Goodrich, 1844

Egyptian Hunting Party

"The hunting scenes are very numerous among their paintings, and the devices for capturing birds and…

"The form of the bottle and the use of the blow-pipe are unequivocally indicated; and the green hue, in the painting, of the fused material, taken from the fire at the point of the pipe, cannot fail to show the intention of the artists." — Goodrich, 1844

Egyptian Glassblowers

"The form of the bottle and the use of the blow-pipe are unequivocally indicated; and the green hue,…

"Workmen are represented polishing and painting statues of men, sphinxes, and small figures; and two instances occur of large granite colossi, surrounded with scaffolding, on which men are engaged in polishing and chiselling the stone, the painter following the sculptor to color the hieroglypics which he has engraved on the back of the statue." — Goodrich, 1844

Egyptian Sculptors at Work

"Workmen are represented polishing and painting statues of men, sphinxes, and small figures; and two…

A thin, oval-shaped board or tablet, with a thumb-hole at one end for holding it, on which a painter lays and mixes his pigments.

Palette

A thin, oval-shaped board or tablet, with a thumb-hole at one end for holding it, on which a painter…

A man painting

Artist

A man painting

"Make a 'Newton disk', painting the prismatic colors in proper proportion as indicated." &mdash; Avery, 1895

Newton disk

"Make a 'Newton disk', painting the prismatic colors in proper proportion as indicated." — Avery,…

Showing proper manner of holding the brush for the up stroke in perpendicular work.

Painting

Showing proper manner of holding the brush for the up stroke in perpendicular work.

From the painting by Nicaise de Keyser.

L'ecole D'Anvers

From the painting by Nicaise de Keyser.

These are two-sided ladders used mostly for interior work, though they are handy too for certain exterior painting tasks. A plank placed on any rung of one and extended to that of another makes a splendid scaffold from which to paint a side wall. Four or six trestles with planks between them make up a scaffold from which a ceiling can be easily reached. Trestles are made substantially like long ladders. Two are hinged and permanently fastened together at the top. Made in lengths of 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 feet long.

Trestle

These are two-sided ladders used mostly for interior work, though they are handy too for certain exterior…

Many of the accidents which occur on ladders in and out of the painting trade are due to broken or rotted-out rungs. These metal plates make a permanent repair easily and quickly.

Ladder Repair Plate

Many of the accidents which occur on ladders in and out of the painting trade are due to broken or rotted-out…

These fasten on to the ladder rungs and hook over the ridge of the roof, giving a secure position to one while painting a roof.

Roof Ladder Hook

These fasten on to the ladder rungs and hook over the ridge of the roof, giving a secure position to…

Ladder bracket on the back of a ladder. These are made in various styles. Some fasten to rungs. This one attaches to the siderails. It is not, therefore, likely to depend upon a defective rung and so it is safer. They are used as shown on the outside of the ladder to hold a plank at the top of two extension ladders in painting roof cornices. It is possible to swing these brackets to a position on the under side of the ladders. There they make an excellent scaffold from which to work on a wall or window frame.

Ladder Bracket

Ladder bracket on the back of a ladder. These are made in various styles. Some fasten to rungs. This…

Ladder bracket on top rung of ladder. These are made in various styles. Some fasten to rungs. This one attaches to the siderails. It is not, therefore, likely to depend upon a defective rung and so it is safer. They are used as shown on the outside of the ladder to hold a plank at the top of two extension ladders in painting roof cornices. It is possible to swing these brackets to a position on the under side of the ladders. There they make an excellent scaffold from which to work on a wall or window frame.

Ladder Bracket

Ladder bracket on top rung of ladder. These are made in various styles. Some fasten to rungs. This one…

Used on shingle roofs when painting or staining roofs.

Roof Bracket

Used on shingle roofs when painting or staining roofs.

A fairly flexible, flat steel blade 1 1/4 inches wide. Used for glazing- that is, placing putty on to window sash to hold the glass in place. Also a general utility tool used for cleaning and scraping off paint, dirt, etc. on all work.

Putty Knife

A fairly flexible, flat steel blade 1 1/4 inches wide. Used for glazing- that is, placing putty on to…

A wide putty knife. Comes 2 1/2 to 4 inches wide and is used for scraping off paint from old surfaces when the paint has cracked and scaled or blistered.

Scraping Knife

A wide putty knife. Comes 2 1/2 to 4 inches wide and is used for scraping off paint from old surfaces…

This is used to rub the gloss and roughness off of painted, enameled and varnished surfaces with pumice stone and water or oil for very fine polished finishes. Size: 2 1/4 inches wide and 6 inches long.

Felt Rubbing Pad

This is used to rub the gloss and roughness off of painted, enameled and varnished surfaces with pumice…

There are places, one finds occasionally, which are very difficult to reach even with a ladder. For example high places on poles and stack and chimneys. Also there are places which are so obstructed with pipes or some other objects as to be difficult or impossible to reach by ordinary methods. Then this pole brush holder saves time.

Extension Brush Holder

There are places, one finds occasionally, which are very difficult to reach even with a ladder. For…

This is a paper and cloth intended to be used once or twice and then destroyed to avoid cleaning.

Paint Strainer

This is a paper and cloth intended to be used once or twice and then destroyed to avoid cleaning.

This paint strainer has a removable metal bottom which can be cleaned or replaced easily.

Paint Strainer

This paint strainer has a removable metal bottom which can be cleaned or replaced easily.

Not so commonly used now as in years gone by. Yet, in a well equipped shop the paint mill finds many uses. In mixing putty, grinding and mixing colors, working over old paint skins to be made into paint for rough work the paint mill has its place. Paint mills come in four sizes: 1/4 to 3 gallon capacity and for hand or power operation.

Paint Mill

Not so commonly used now as in years gone by. Yet, in a well equipped shop the paint mill finds many…

For mixing paints, pastes, calcimine, fillers, enamels and lead and oil paint. Made in two sizes- 5 gallon and 12 gallon capacity. They mix faster than by using a paddle and make a more thorough job of it.

Paint Mixing Machine

For mixing paints, pastes, calcimine, fillers, enamels and lead and oil paint. Made in two sizes- 5…

Used to trim edges when painting.

Paperhanger's Knife

Used to trim edges when painting.

This is used to force down joined edges of strips of wallpaper.

Seam Roller

This is used to force down joined edges of strips of wallpaper.

This brush is used when putting strips of wallpaper on the wall and wanting it to stick and be smooth.

Smoothing Brush

This brush is used when putting strips of wallpaper on the wall and wanting it to stick and be smooth.

Hanging wallpaper

Wallpaper

Hanging wallpaper

"Painting of still life. On a wall of a house at Pompeii." —D'Anvers, 1895

Still Life Painting from Pompeii

"Painting of still life. On a wall of a house at Pompeii." —D'Anvers, 1895

"Part of the Fircoronian Cista. Third century B.C. Found near Palestrina in 1774. Now in the Museo Kircheriano, Rome." &mdash;D'Anvers, 1895

Fircoronian cista

"Part of the Fircoronian Cista. Third century B.C. Found near Palestrina in 1774. Now in the Museo Kircheriano,…

"The Parting of Achilles and Briseis. (Supposed to be from a Greek Painting.)" &mdash;D'Anvers, 1895

The Parting of Achilles and Briseis

"The Parting of Achilles and Briseis. (Supposed to be from a Greek Painting.)" —D'Anvers, 1895

"Part of the Cartoon of Pisa. By Michelangelo." &mdash;D'Anvers, 1895

Cartoon of Pisa

"Part of the Cartoon of Pisa. By Michelangelo." —D'Anvers, 1895

"Elymas struck with blindness. Cartoon by Raphael. A.D. 1515-16." &mdash;D'Anvers, 1895

Elymas

"Elymas struck with blindness. Cartoon by Raphael. A.D. 1515-16." —D'Anvers, 1895

"Portrait of Abraham Grapheus. By Cornelis de Vos." &mdash;D'Anvers, 1895

Abraham Grapheus

"Portrait of Abraham Grapheus. By Cornelis de Vos." —D'Anvers, 1895

"The Pedlar. By Holbein. From the Dance of Death." &mdash;D'Anvers, 1895

The Pedlar

"The Pedlar. By Holbein. From the Dance of Death." —D'Anvers, 1895

"The Meyer Madonna. By Hans Holbein. In the Dresden Gallery. (Later Replica of the Darmstadt picture of the year 1526.) &mdash;D'Anvers, 1895

Meyer Madonna

"The Meyer Madonna. By Hans Holbein. In the Dresden Gallery. (Later Replica of the Darmstadt picture…